Psalm 110

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 110:4

"Jehovah hath sworn, and will not repent:Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek."This is a reference to the Melchizedek whom Abraham met following the slaughter of the kings (Genesis 14), and unto whom Abraham paid tithes. In our commentary on Hebrews (Vol. 10 of the New Testament Series), we have devoted eleven pages to the detailed discussion of this verse, along with the episode in Genesis involving Abraham and Melchizedek, and also the New Testament deductions founded upon... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 110:5

"The Lord at thy right handWill strike through kings in the day of his wrath.He will judge among the nations,He will fill the places with dead bodies;He will strike through the head in many countries."The scene here is that of the Final Judgment of mankind on the occasion of the Second Advent of Christ."He will judge among the nations" (Psalms 110:6). Not merely the Jews, but all nations shall appear before the judgment seat of Christ, to whom God has committed judgment."He will fill the places... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 110:7

"He will drink of the brook in the way:Therefore will he lift up the head."This verse is for the purpose of indicating the humanity of the Messiah. Just as in Isaiah, where Immanuel (The Messiah) is revealed as a member of the Godhead by his name (Immanuel), and then his humanity is stressed by the fact of his eating butter and honey (Isaiah 7:14-15), here we have a glimpse of the same thing. This great Judge of all men and all nations, "in the way," that is, the way of his earthly ministry,... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 110:1

Psalms 110:0. The kingdom, the priesthood, the conquest, and the passion of Christ. A Psalm of David. Title. מזמור לדוד ledavid mizmor.— It is universally agreed, that this psalm was composed by David: and it seems to be almost as universally agreed, that he speaks not of himself at all in it, but directly of the Messiah. This is the more remarkable, because in most, if not all the other psalms, where he prophesies of our Saviour, there is an obvious meaning, if not throughout the psalm, yet in... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 110:2-3

Psalms 110:2-3. The Lord shall send the rod— It is plain, that by making but two periods of the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th verses of the psalm, which is confessed on all hands to be prophetical of the Messiah's reign, the Jews have so far murdered the sense of it, that no version has been able to translate it without some needless and unwarrantable superlatives; whereas, had they divided it into three verses, and placed the full stops where they ought to be, the sense would have been clear, easy, and... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 110:3

Psalms 110:3. From the womb of the morning, &c.— Thou hast shone like the morning from thy very birth; thy youth has been covered with dew. Ross. 98: sed vid. Hiller, part 2: p. 26. Nold. p. 1029. Or, The dew of thy youth is as from the womb of the morning. Mr. Mann in his Critical Notes, after a variety of observations, gives us the second and third verses thus: A sceptre of might will Jehovah deliver thee out of Sion; reign thou in the midst of thine enemies; Psa 110:3 and with thee, O... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 110:4

Psalms 110:4. Thou art a priest for ever— The Jews have, either through design or haste, corrupted this text in such a manner that all its force with respect to its application to Christ is lost; for the literal version of the words according to the present Hebrew is, Thou art a priest for ever, according to my order, O Melchizedek, or O my just king. As this corruption is entirely owing to the addition of י jod to the word דברת dibrath, which letter is likewise corruptly added to other words,... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 110:5-6

Psalms 110:5-6. The Lord at thy right hand— This is to be understood of the Messiah, instated in his regal power at the right hand of his Father; and not of the Father himself as his helper and defender, as Psa 16:8 and elsewhere the phrase is understood. The prophet here on a sudden addresses himself to God the Father; and such transitions, as we have frequently observed, are common in the Hebrew poetry. The Lord will strike through, &c. that is break in pieces the greatest powers upon... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 110:6

Psalms 110:6. He shall judge among the heathen, &c.— Capel in his Critica Sacra, p. 367 has out of St. Jerome's Latin translation helped us to a better reading of this place, says Mr. Mann; He shall judge the nations; he shall fill the vallies; (corresponding perhaps with the sense of Isaiah 40:4. Every valley shall be exalted, &c.) and smite in sunder the heads over divers countries: "He shall crush the head of the great ones on the earth;" which, in the opinion of Bruccioli, the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 110:7

Psalms 110:7. He shall drink of the brook in the way— "That is," says Houbigant, "the brook Cedron, I suppose;" David pointing out the passion of our Lord, by a continuance of the metaphor wherewith he began. Jesus was exalted because of his suffering, therefore did he lift up his head. See Hebrews 12:2. This is the more general interpretation of the verse. There are some, however, who give it a different meaning, and suppose that by drinking of the brook in the way, is meant the succour and... read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 110:4

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 110:5

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 110:7

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 110:1

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 110:2-3

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 110:3

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 110:4

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 110:5-6

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 110:6

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 110:7

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